Self Help

Improvement of the Mind

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Stephen Norris Fellows and Isaac Watts


"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons…

The Science of Getting Rich (version 2)

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Wallace D. Wattles


This groundbreaking book uses simple language to bring an astonishing idea to the world. Our thoughts, powered with the emotion of gratitude…

Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe

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Charlotte Mary Yonge


Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.(Summary by Laura Caldwell)

The Prospective Mother

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J. Morris Slemons


A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …

Calling God and Casting Lots

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Vic Zarley


Calling God and Casting Lots first shares a brief history of the practice of casting the lot by ancient Israelites as told in the Old and Ne…

Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

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Samuel Smiles


Self-Help is the book that gave its name to the whole genre of literature known by that name. It is full of profiles of individuals who, thr…

Strength and How to Obtain It

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Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette

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Marion Harland and Virginia Terhune Van de Water


Haven't you always wondered how to properly accept a formal dinner invitation? Perhaps you have a débutante under your wing, in which…

The Curtezan Unmasked

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Anonymous


"The Curtezan unmasked or, the Whoredomes of Jezebel Painted to the Life: With Antidotes against them, or Heavenly Julips to cool Men i…

A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…

Sesame and Lilies

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John Ruskin


Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live.About earlier and late…

Etiquette Made Easy

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Edward Summers Squier


"A complete dictionary [sic] containing the right information for any and all occasions." (From the book's dust jacket.) - Summar…

Putting the Most Into Life

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Booker T. Washington


The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

Vom Gyps und vom Stucco

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Carl Schmied


Vom Gyps und vom Stucco ist eine Anleitung zur Herstellung von Gypsfiguren, nebst benötigter Formen, sowie zur Imitation des Marmors mi…

Character

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Samuel Smiles


Samuel Smiles is known even today as an author that promoted the improvement of society through the improvement of individuals and their cha…

The Khaki Kook Book

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Mary Kennedy Core


We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…

The Omnipotent Self

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Paul Bousfield


“Nature has granted to all to be happy if we but knew how to use her gifts.”—Claudius. Often we feel "down" or "low", wi…

Thrift

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Samuel Smiles


"This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for…

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